"give someone a piece of one's mind" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-give someone a piece of one's mind.ogg [Australia] Forms: gives someone a piece of one's mind [present, singular, third-person], giving someone a piece of one's mind [participle, present], gave someone a piece of one's mind [past], given someone a piece of one's mind [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> someone a piece of one's mind}} give someone a piece of one's mind (third-person singular simple present gives someone a piece of one's mind, present participle giving someone a piece of one's mind, simple past gave someone a piece of one's mind, past participle given someone a piece of one's mind)
  1. (idiomatic) To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction, especially with another person; to scold or rebuke someone. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: tell off Related terms: speak one's mind Translations (to rebuke someone): op iemand afklim (Afrikaans), haukkua pystyyn (english: to voice one's dissatisfaction with sth) (Finnish), haukkua pataluhaksi (Finnish), sanoa suorat sanat [with-allative] (Finnish), antaa jonkun kuulla kunniansa (Finnish), dire ses quatre vérités (French), dirne quattro (Italian), cazziare (Italian), rabbuffare (Italian), cuss off smaddy (Jamaican Creole), wygarniać [imperfective] (Polish), wygarnąć [perfective] (Polish), poner de vuelta y media [colloquial] (Spanish), dar cuatro verdades (Spanish), ge någon en avhyvling (Swedish), کھری کھری سنانا (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-give_someone_a_piece_of_one's_mind-en-verb-eSDk2I8I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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